Burial-case



(ModeL) J. ASKINS,

BURIAL CASE.

Patnted Jan. 10,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH ASKINS, OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

BURlAL-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,170, dated January 10, 1882.

Application filed June 15, 1881. (Model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH AsKINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Cases; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art t-owhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that typeof burialcases which are composed of metal, glass, and wood combined in such a manner as to form an air-tight case; and the object of my improvement is to provide a novel combination of the parts of which the cover ot'the case is composed.

I attain the object sought by the combination of the parts, as hereinafter described, and as illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view, showing the upper,

surfaces of a metal frame, the fillets of wood to which the cover is secured, and the removable in the cover, the method of securing thereto,

and the covering of wood.

Similar letters refer to similar partsin both views.

In constructing burial-cases with 'm y improved cover attached thereto I prefer to make the body of the case as shown in Fig. 2; butit may be applied to other formsof construction, it being composed of sheet metal, wood, and glass. The sheet-metal portion A is of such dimensions as to cause it to cover the entire upper surface of the case, its contour being substantially such as is shown or it may be of any ornamental form desired, it having down weirdly-projecting flanges A, which pass down over the edge of the frame or case, to which it is securedby a series of screws, 13 the of wood (3 Cbeing made to rest upon the same flanges, their upper surfaces being flush with or slightly above the raised portion of the cover A. These pieces are held in position by screws passing through the flange on the outside of the body of the case.

To the cross-bar B there is secured a piece of wood, the ,thicknessof which is equal to that of the projection raised upon the cover A, its office being to strengthen the cover at its center and to provide a suitable place to which to attachthe main plate by screws or otherwise. For the purpose of protecting the glass plates 0 G, and also for the purpose of making the case air-tight at these points, there are provided two covers, D D, of wood orother suitable material, which, when the case is closed, rest upon the upper surface of the cover A and the cross-piece G and thus, when screwed down thereon, constitute a tight joint, and form an air-tight case in which a body may be kept for a considerable period of time before decomposition will take place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination of the sheet-metal recessed cover A, the wooden cross-pieces G G, the cross-piece C covers D D, and glass plates 0 0, whereby a tight joint is secured at the points where plates are placed, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

JOSEPH ASKINS.

Witnesses:

HENRY FULLER, FRANK S. DEWEY, Jr. 

